Serial Style - Composing for the Piano
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Date: 2022-03-28
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Graham
I'm curious about your experience of the composition process. Did you write bits, play a fragment, -that sounds ok-, maybe make some changes, write a bit more, experiment a bit, etc. Or did you just write it out without audition, based on the formulae, and then were surprised when you eventually played it. Or is your -inner ear- so good that you could imagine the result as you wrote it without actually touching a keyboard ! Just curious really - I can't imagine putting much effort into this style for myself - it is intellectually interesting but ultimately leaves me cold. Thanks though - it was enlightening !
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I'm curious about your experience of the composition process. Did you write bits, play a fragment, -that sounds ok-, maybe make some changes, write a bit more, experiment a bit, etc. Or did you just write it out without audition, based on the formulae, and then were surprised when you eventually played it. Or is your -inner ear- so good that you could imagine the result as you wrote it without actually touching a keyboard ! Just curious really - I can't imagine putting much effort into this style for myself - it is intellectually interesting but ultimately leaves me cold. Thanks though - it was enlightening !
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My
FAB Video Tutorial, the music sound amazing with many foreseeable applications in outside of classical music. But for STRICT Classical music, can a note whilst being held in the Treble clef, such as dotted minim on pitch D-Flat, played on the first beat of the bar. Can that D-flat have a LATE Accompaniment of the same D-Flat note... in the BASS as a Bass Chord Note on the second beat of the bar. Either as a Late Unison Note. or a Late Octave accompaniment. Many advance thanks in anticipation of a reply. Posted 18th February 2020
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FAB Video Tutorial, the music sound amazing with many foreseeable applications in outside of classical music. But for STRICT Classical music, can a note whilst being held in the Treble clef, such as dotted minim on pitch D-Flat, played on the first beat of the bar. Can that D-flat have a LATE Accompaniment of the same D-Flat note... in the BASS as a Bass Chord Note on the second beat of the bar. Either as a Late Unison Note. or a Late Octave accompaniment. Many advance thanks in anticipation of a reply. Posted 18th February 2020
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Mark
Thanks for this video. I am however still bemused that serialism is regarded as anything more than a historical curiosity, not because of the dissonance as such (there are 2 distinct ways to organise a note row into 2 major and 2 minor chords) but because of how much it hobbles one's potential range of expression. It seems to be good for evoking emotional states related to uncertainty, and not much else.
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Thanks for this video. I am however still bemused that serialism is regarded as anything more than a historical curiosity, not because of the dissonance as such (there are 2 distinct ways to organise a note row into 2 major and 2 minor chords) but because of how much it hobbles one's potential range of expression. It seems to be good for evoking emotional states related to uncertainty, and not much else.
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Ramesh
Dear sir, I got confused with your RI. In RI, You retrograded (reversed) the INVERSION part. RI = Backward of an original (row tone), that becomes a -Retrograde- and finally, het the inversion of the same retrograde. Pls correct and guide my confusion. Thank you.
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Dear sir, I got confused with your RI. In RI, You retrograded (reversed) the INVERSION part. RI = Backward of an original (row tone), that becomes a -Retrograde- and finally, het the inversion of the same retrograde. Pls correct and guide my confusion. Thank you.
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Stefano
Kinda spooky but so titillating for adventurous tastes... wonderful. Sort of musical matter for Music Matters! Well done Gareth, looking forward to even more daring tunes
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Kinda spooky but so titillating for adventurous tastes... wonderful. Sort of musical matter for Music Matters! Well done Gareth, looking forward to even more daring tunes
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Nigel
Brilliantly explained ... I think i have found my style ... If I ignore the rules!. PS I did actually enjoy the serialism theme but suggest you stick to the original.
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Brilliantly explained ... I think i have found my style ... If I ignore the rules!. PS I did actually enjoy the serialism theme but suggest you stick to the original.
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NoiseOnTape
Excellent video. You explained Serialism more clearly in 8 minutes than some lecturers have taken hours to do! :-) Thank you for these videos. All the best.
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Excellent video. You explained Serialism more clearly in 8 minutes than some lecturers have taken hours to do! :-) Thank you for these videos. All the best.
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Culture
It's funny, I've tried to understand this topic for years but you dd more to help me learn how to compose in this style than anybody else. Cheers!
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It's funny, I've tried to understand this topic for years but you dd more to help me learn how to compose in this style than anybody else. Cheers!
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Pete
I have never heard of this Major/minor breakdown thing (am not a musician lol) - have you done a video about it, and if not could you do one please?
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I have never heard of this Major/minor breakdown thing (am not a musician lol) - have you done a video about it, and if not could you do one please?
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Jorge
Nice examples. I remember seen this at music school but only a few minutes. So it was refreshing and educational. Thanks.
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Nice examples. I remember seen this at music school but only a few minutes. So it was refreshing and educational. Thanks.
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